Director: | Said Zagha |
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Production: | Night Owls (Myriam Sassine), Salaud Morisset (Laura Jumel), The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), Saffuriya & Ma’alul Productions (Ali Suliman) |
Running Time: | 20’ |
Language: | Arabic, Hebrew, English |
Country: | Palestine, France, Jordan, UK |
Year: | 2025 |
Main Cast: | Maria Zreik, Ali Suliman, Yumna Marwan |
Screenplay: | Said Zagha |
Cinematographer: | Simone D’Arcangelo |
Editor: | Matthieu Taponier |
Production Designer: | Emad Muhtasseb |
Costume Designer: | Tuleen Abida |
Music: | Amin Goudarzi |
Sound: | Nour Halawani, Rana Eid, Florent Lavallée
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Visual Effects: | Ghaith Al-Adwan |
Coyotes

Synopsis
A Palestinian surgeon drives home after a long night shift, but little does she know that a commute through a desolate West Bank road will change her forever.
Director’s Statement
Coyotes was born out of true stories and an urgent question: what happens when one’s humanity is pushed into a proverbial iron cage, an impossible corner? I grew up in Palestine, under a brutal Israeli occupation designed to weaponize our vulnerabilities and erode our will — through violence, surveillance, coercion, and fear. As I struggle to cope with an unremitting campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide directed at my people and my homeland, I felt compelled to create a cinematic response to a system built on layers of injustice and double standards. Set over one night, Coyotes is a neo-noir thriller that explores the inevitable outcome of impunity and domination.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1:
Night Owls - Myriam Sassine
Park House, 10 Park Street
BS1 5HX Bristol, United Kingdom
PRODUCTION 2:
Salaud Morisset - Laura Jumel
88, Rue Armand Silvestre
92400 Courbevoie, France
Tel: +33 667442936
E-mail: laura.jumel.pro@gmail.com
Web: http://salaudmorisset.com/
Social Media: salaud_morisset – Instagram, laurajml - Instagram
PRODUCTION 3:
The Imaginarium Films - Rula Nasser
PRODUCTION 4:
Saffuriya & Ma’alul Productions - Ali Suliman
WORLD SALES:
Salaud Morisset - François Morisset
Eberswalder Str. 10
10437 Berlin, Germany
E-mail: festival@salaudmorisset.com
Web: http://salaudmorisset.com/
Social Media: salaud_morisset - Instagram
PRESS OFFICE:
François Morisset - Salaud Morisset
Eberswalder Str. 10
10437 Berlin, Germany
E-mail: festival@salaudmorisset.com